This includes recent high school grads and non-traditional students alike.
In the University of Maine System, Native students have maintained a low but consistent enrollment between 0.9- 1.1% of the total student population since 2018. In Fall 2019, Native students were 1.1% of the enrolled student population. This percentage represents a total of approximately 300 Native students in an overall enrollment of nearly thirty-thousand students system wide.
Native students have access to Tribal Colleges and Universities throughout the country. These institutions are, in many cases, free to Tribal members. A rising number of mainstream universities have implemented tuition waivers for Native students. The University of Maine System has offered a tuition waiver since 1934.
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Indigenous Peoples Unit
Lisa Chase, Managing Attorney
Suzanne Burke, Staff Attorney
Sadie Harris, Staff Attorney
115 Main St. #2
Bangor, ME 04401
Pine Tree Indigenous Peoples Unit toll free hotline: 1-877-213-5630; V/TTY: 711.
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